Chapter 84: Captured

  The elegant room on the second floor of Qiongjiangfang is right on the street.

  The window hung with pink curtains, adorned with peach-colored tassels. In the gentle breeze, the tassels swayed gently. A small figure leaned against the windowsill, looking down.

  She watched with relish.

  "....aren't you going to eat?" The man behind her asked.

  Jiang Yu turned her head and said, "You're full. Come see, the one below is our neighbor. Those people provoked him with words, scolding him, but he actually turned around and left, what a cowardly scholar."

  Jiang Chongyan was slightly stunned.

  He didn't understand Chen Jing, and he still had some reservations in his heart. When Yu'er said this, Jiang Chongyu also got up and squeezed to the windowsill, and the siblings looked down together.

  They happened to see Xing Wendeng throwing shoes at Chen Jing.

  "Outrageous!" Jiang Wei's eyes were as cold as ever, his voice chilly. "That big fellow is bullying the smaller one. You go down and help out, don't let people bully that scholar."

  She said this with a somewhat concerned tone. However, from her demeanor and tone of voice, it was completely undetectable.

  She has an age-incongruous aloofness.

  "It has nothing to do with us," Jiang Chongyan said, "They haven't even started fighting yet. When they really lose out, we can go and help then..."

  "Whatever." Jiang Wei's eyes were cold and indifferent.

  Then they saw Chen Jiong return with a smile on his face.

  They were upstairs and should have been unable to hear what people downstairs were saying. However, this brother and sister duo possessed martial arts skills and had keen senses, so they could hear everything clearly.

  Chen Jiong said a few words, then took advantage of everyone's ridicule to make a quick and ruthless move, instantly chopping off Xiang Wendian's arm.

  His hands were very powerful and his technique was very accurate.

  Jiang Wei and Jiang Chong saw it, both slightly stunned.

  The brother and sister both had a guarded look on their faces. They exchanged a glance, and Jiang Yu and Jiang Zhongyan both saw the vigilance in each other's eyes. That scholar actually knew martial arts.

  That crisp crackling sound made everyone's eyes follow the direction of the noise.

  Then, the scene suddenly became quiet.

  The boss of Qiongjiang Workshop's mouth grew bigger and his tongue stuck out for a long time, staring at the scholar in shock.

  After such a brief silence, Xing Wendeng suddenly let out a loud cry and bent down in pain.

  And that scholar, with a flash of his body, made another cracking sound, and Xing Wendeng's other arm was also cut off by the scholar.

  Xing Wendeng, a tall and strong man, seemed to have no power to fight back, allowing the weak scholar to disarm him. The big man was so powerful in front of the slender and weak scholar, but the sudden reversal made everyone's jaw drop.

  "Not bad," Jiang Chongyan smiled and said, "The technique is very stable, the heart is ruthless, it's a good role. However, his martial arts skills are mediocre. He should be skilled in medicine, he understands joints very clearly..."

  A person with high martial arts skills can judge others' moves and determine their level of skill to a certain extent just by watching them make a move.

  Jiang Chongyan and Jiang Wei were experts, they could see that Chen Jing only had three axes, those people downstairs might not know.

  So, when Xing Wendeng bent down in pain and shouted loudly, Meng Yanju's face turned pale and he retreated several steps. The people following Meng Yanju also retreated.

  "You're a person with an unruly hand." Chen Jing's expression was calm as he said to Xing Wendin, "If you want to fight, I'll naturally accompany you. A sneak attack from behind, if it were with a brick, I'd even respect you as a man. But you, actually using stinky shoes, are truly a despicable thing!"

  Jiang Chong's roof is so heavy that he can't help but laugh.

  But the crowd downstairs couldn't laugh it off.

  Chen Qi and Huang Lanqing, Sun Shiyi three people, all stared blankly at Chen Jing, as if they had seen a ghost, half a moment did not move their feet; while Meng Yanju and others, then remembered the last time in Wenyuan Pavilion, Chen Jing's strange moves, couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs.

  Xing Wendings mournful cry sent shivers down their spines.

  "Your mother..." Xing Wendings' head went blank with pain, and he only managed to cry out in agony. It wasn't until a long time later that he came back to his senses and started scolding Chen Jing.

  Chen Jiong kicked back with one foot and struck Xing Wending's knee joint.

  Because of carrying water for a year, Chen Jing's hand strength increased, but his leg strength was not as good as his hands. This kick did not break Xing Wendian's leg, it only made his knee ache, and he knelt down in front of Chen Jing with a thud.

  Chen Jiong pinched his hair and stuffed the shoe he had just picked up into Xing Wendian's mouth!

  Xing Wend's voice was suddenly blocked. His two arms were broken and he couldn't take off his shoes, struggling with all his might. And his companions, no one dared to come forward.

  Meng Yanju's face turned red for a long time before he came to his senses, no longer gentle and elegant. He cursed loudly at the people around him: "The Chen family wants to kill someone! Quick, take him away and send him to the county government office!"

  Then he said to another companion, "Go and get Bao Da Tou, tell him there's someone causing trouble here, and have him bring people to catch them!"

  "Yes!" His companion turned and ran off. He would rather go on an errand than stay in this place of right and wrong.

  The remaining companions did not rush forward because of Meng Yanju's words.

  Jiang Wei and Jiang Chongyan both laughed at this scene.

  "Idiots!" Jiang Yu scolded Meng Yan and that group of people, "That scholar only has some strength in his hands, but his body is clumsy. Let's go together, that scholar will definitely be at a disadvantage, yet they don't dare."

  "They are all bookworms who don't know what's deep or shallow." Jiang Chongyan said, "They are afraid."

  Jiang Chongyan was not wrong in his expectations.

  Meng Yanju's companions were indeed afraid of Chen Jing.

  They were all timid and didn't dare to come forward.

  Chen Jiong didn't move either.

  The two sides faced off again.

  And the onlookers were all staring at Chen Jing.

  "...That weak and feeble young master is actually so capable!" someone said.

  "Offended Meng Guanren, and the days that followed were difficult to pass. Alas." Some people regretted it, thinking that opposing Meng Yanju was quite foolish.

  During their confrontation, Chen Qi pushed aside Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi, rushed to Meng Yanju's front, grabbed his collar, spat at him, and swung his fist: "Today grandpa will teach you a lesson, let you know your place!"

  With that, he swung his fist at Meng Yan's face.

  Meng Yan didn't expect Chen Qi to actually dare to be so reckless, and hastily dodged, but the fist still brushed past his cheek.

  He was severely beaten and stretched out his hand to hit Chen Qi.

  The two people were entwined together.

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi did not expect that Chen Qi would be so unscrupulous, and actually started a fight with Meng Yanju. The two of them fought, completely without the demeanor of young masters from noble families, like two street urchins.

  But Meng Yanju and the group of people following her wanted to go forward to help, yet they couldn't bear to look at Chen Jing.

  Chen Jiong's face wore a smile, his eyes filled with profound meaning as he gazed at them.

  He just smiled and removed Xing Wendings arm, and even stuffed a smelly shoe into Xing Wendings mouth. Xing Wending almost fainted and was still kneeling on the ground, unable to get up.

  Everyone was intimidated.

  Chen Qi and Meng Yan fought each other, with no one helping.

  The shopkeeper of Qiongjiangfang, although he brought several guards, was also afraid to look at Chen Jing at this moment, and didn't dare to order the guards to help pull it open.

  Chen Qi and Meng Yan had already rolled onto the ground.

  Jiang Wei saw this scene and shook his head directly.

  Jiang Chongyan also laughed: "Actually fighting like this, it's enough to be a joke, and can be talked about for half a year."

  "This kind of small place can only produce this kind of person." Jiang Wei said.

  "...Those men, each and every one of them strong and sturdy, were all intimidated by the scholar surnamed Chen. How ridiculous." Jiang Yu said again, "Haven't they ever seen a martial artist?"

  "The common people in a small place have seen too many things they've never seen before," said Jiang Chongyan.

  The brother and sister watched the excitement.

  Downstairs, Meng Yanju and Chen Qi were still wrestling.

  Meng Yanju was so angry that she almost lost her breath.

  He had never lost face so badly in his life. Now, he was stuck with Chen Qi. Unfortunately, he didn't have much martial power, while Chen Qi wasn't weak either, and he couldn't shake him off at all.

  Until he heard the sound of footsteps in unison.

  Meng Yanju knew that the people from the government office had arrived.

  He let out a sigh of relief.

  He was caught off guard and Chen Qi punched him hard in the right eye, instantly seeing stars, and for a while he couldn't see clearly, then Chen Qi hit him several more times.

  "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Several constables pulled up Chen Qi and Meng Yanru from the ground.

  Some people also helped Xing Wendeng up and took out the smelly shoe from his mouth.

  Xing Wendin didn't know if he was in pain or had been infuriated, but the big man suddenly started wailing. The onlookers and the bailiffs were all stunned.

  Someone so big, crying in front of everyone, really embarrassing.

  The yamen runner exerted himself to separate Chen Qi and Meng Yan, not asking the reason why, but instead stepping forward respectfully and saying: "Master Meng, are you all right?"

  "It's nothing," Meng Yanju's face was bruised and swollen, her mouth corner also bleeding, speaking with difficulty. "The Chen brothers are looking for trouble, take them all back to the government office!"

  "Yes." Bao Duotou replied respectfully.

  The people on Meng Yan's side began to point at Chen Jing, Huang Lang and Sun Shiyi: "These few are in cahoots with each other."

  The yamen runners rushed up and were about to arrest them.

  When they arrived in front of Chen Jiao, Chen Jiao asked: "Without asking for a reason, you just take us away?"

  "What nonsense!" shouted Bao Daoyi, "You dare to cause trouble in public and even hit Officer Meng. If I don't take you away, who should I take?"

  "What about them?" Chen Jing pointed at Meng Yanju and others.

  "They will naturally go too. When you are on trial, they will go and testify!" said Bao Daizhang.

  "Alright."

  Chen Qi argued strongly, saying it was Meng Yanju who was picking a fight.

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyin also struggled and cried out in grievance.

  Only Chen Jing didn't say much.

  He remembered that among those who sent gifts to the Yang family in Mingzhou, there was a county magistrate from Wangxian. The county magistrate of Wangxian also attended the banquet that time and had met Chen Jing and Yang Zhiqiu.

  "Bao Butou, have you heard a sentence?" Chen Jing asked Bao Butou on the way.

  Bao caught his head with a stern expression and coldly said: "Shut up. If you speak again, I'll slap your mouth."

  "I'll just say one sentence," Chen Jiong said with a smile. "There's a saying that goes 'it's easy to invite the Buddha, but hard to send him away', have you heard it?"

  Bao caught his head and laughed loudly.

  What Buddha is just a younger brother of Confucius?

  That scholar has lost contact as well.

  What does he think he is?

  What position is Chen's family in, can't Bao Tou know?

  "Never heard of it." Bao Duotou looked at Chen Jing with disdain, "Shut up for me. If you speak again, I'll smash your teeth!"

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